Instrument-mount for automobile instrument-boards



Patented Maf. 15,'1921.

strunicut upon UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDEBIK G. WHITTINGTON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. ASSIGNOR TO STEWART- WARNER SPEEDOMETER CORPORATION,

RATION OF VIRGINIA.

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. A CORPO- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. l5, 19T-5i.

Application filed January 2, 1920. Serial No. 349,032.

To uN who n if may fonce/fn Be it known that I, Fnmnmic (in IVHIT- 'r1 No'roN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ol thv city of (lhilagoj county 0f Cook, and tho Stato ot Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lnstrument-Mounts for Automobile Instrunient-Boards. of 'which tho following is a specification, rotorenrn lining had to tho :wvouipanyiug drawing toi-nung a part thereof.

Tho purposo ol' this inrnution is to pro vide an improved mount for scour-innr an inthe iustrunuent hoard of an automobile. It consists in the eloinents and features of constrin'tion shown and doA snribod. as indicated in the claims.

In the drawings z- Figure l is a forward side elevation of an instrument board provided with an instrument mount embodying this invention.

Fifi: 2 is a Section at the line, 2--2, on

Fig., 3 is a section at tho lines l---- on Fig. l..

It. will hv undnrstood hat tho instrument hoard with which an automobile may ho proridod in its standard wastrurtioin is do sin-13rd to la'` out. sul --r `plcnl ro tho vmistruotion for mounting upon it various instru* unfnts. tlm hull; of huh protnrahly prolrudvs hnhind tha hoard. tlnj iustrlunlfut pro trudin;r through the hoard onli` to expos@ the parts necessary for roter-ence tor roading or manipulation. lVhen the hoard is of wood only. the necessary lapertures for the instrument or instrununts to lioniountod npon it. may usually he mit hy moans ol tools fadily :u-cessihle and requiring no special upm-H1025. Rut when thiQ hoard is ot metal or is nwtal Covered. it is a dillicult matter, usually requiringn speoial tools and considoralile 0x1 wrtness. to ont an aperture through the nii-tal and the wood. in which the instru nient will fit noafly, h v moans of the simple tools usually available. To ohviate this ditlivult;1 and provide a finish forlhe aperturr so that the sometimes unavoidalolal irrelu laritv of it when out by the oonroniontly available tool Shall not he apparent; and thereby constitute a distignrenient. the prosent invention provides a mount adapted. to he applied to the face of the instrumont board and to receive the instrument in an aperture with whirli i1, is provided, whih` non coalinii the margins ot they aporturo which may he: made in the board, and also bridging over the gap in tho edge of the board niadv hy tho apartan?, or the necessary out to roach the a partum in order to out Ait bv a sau', and roinfoi'oing or restoring thin stronn'th to thv` hoard 'a 'nich might la: {realivnod lijf suoli gap.

s shown ln tludrawings ila:- uuinnl, non sists ot' a plain or sl'wlL \A wlmu om; luf stauipnd l'roiu ,what nu la? ir .iilllorivlso fornlod integrally. having an aperture, to su'foinmodzdo tho iwal-unioni. for 'wliivfh it is dosiggnmh and provided with an u1aisod head, u?, around this apcr'lu'f'o from which project lugs. Al2. positioned 'for sgwfuring thv instrununl', and alsoA :ulapted to bo sel vurod to thtA edge of the aperture, Pil, which will he vut iu tho hoard. Il. il' tho saint; is Cut with suliclvnt arr-nrac'lv. Tho rontrnir of' the. mount d isigrud so that it` shall. liar@ a por tion as fl nvei'lumgjing or projecting lwyond lho @dan ot tluj hoard. Il. through Wl'aif'h th: gap. 1f. iniadfo lnx tluannrturo. lil.tluolngl whirli tlu instrnnivnf to lio Grind: and thv nun nin o the" cf-ull u llzmgjv. nur ot tho mount. upon tir.- hoard. lli(I uvluut and ada] hoard. lu uniuu hoard ln' Vw tu. insvrfl `x M mount at points at opp-fin- Aidr nt the gap. not, only rvstoros hut invit-ass the rigidity of ths hoard Where it is weakrsnml hf.' tho gap: and at tho sain@ tinn the gap is effectually roiu'oalwl ln' tho mount oi'erlapping it. It will he undorstood that tho roinairulnr ot" tho marginal outline ot' thv mount may he in amT torni desired for 'unal or ornamental appoaram-c. and that additional sovurcnionts of tho mount to tho hoard linsidos those adapted to rvinforc'o it arri the grap, may lw provided to ani' extant. as indivatod by two additional .st-runs or yholt@Y shown at, C1. C1.

I claim l. The ('omhination with an automobile instrument board havingr an aportnre theren in` said apertura opening ont through ono edge of the board thus forming a up in that odg@ tor avrornrnodating an instrument tlieroin` of an instruxnont mount` secured to and in the piane of the ieee of vthe hoard having u portion thereof ovrrhnnging the edge of sind heard in the said Lihule spint ning the s-.iid gap, Suid overhztnging pin-Lion including .1 erenmseribing support for the instrument.

2. In the construction defined in ehlinl 1 foregoing. the mount into the instrument aperture of the board for seeuring the` instrument thereto within the aperture.

3, Tn the eonstruction defined in claim l,

having lugs extendingl the mount having u right angled iiange tending :dong the entire outer margin thereof.

it. In the construetion defined in claim 1, the Securing lneuns being releasuhie to permit removing the instrument from the bi1-.rrd through the gap without detuehng the niount or other devices from the instrument.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Chicago, Illinois, this` 26 day of Deremher, 1019.

FREDERK (i. WVHITTINGTON. 

